The 2018 Auburn football season began with high hopes and expectations. Fresh off a 2017 campaign that saw 10 victories, including two against No. 1 teams in Georgia and Alabama, the 2018 team was expected to accomplish something similar. Obviously, things didn’t go according to plan. In this three-part series, we’ll look at how the offense, defense and special teams performed, as well as assess what the overall record probably should have looked like given the strength of Au

Auburn covered the spread against massive underdog Arkansas, the defense held the Razorbacks to just three points, special teams made a big impact with Noah Igbinoghene running a kickoff back 96 yards, and Ryan Davis made several dynamic punt returns. Even still, Auburn’s 34-3 victory against Arkansas feels like yet another warning sign to a season of which so much was/is expected. The same questions that Auburn entered the season with have remained. An Auburn offense, with d